Basic Mechanical Engineering

Unit V MANUFACTURING PROCESS

 Gas Welding
 It’s a fusion welding process
 Its joints metals, using the heat of combustion of an oxygen/air and fuel
gas(ie.,acetylene, hydrogen, propane (or) butane) mixture
 The flame thus produced thus melts and fuses together the edges of the parts to
be welded, generally with addition of the filler metal

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 GAS WELDING (OXY-
ACETYLENE)
Acetylene is mixed with oxygen in correct proportions in the welding torch and
ignited, the flame is sufficiently hot to melt and join the parent metal
 the oxy-acetylene flame reaches a temperature of about 3200°C thus can melt all
commercial metals

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GAS WELDING (OXY-
ACETYLENE)

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 GAS WELDING (OXY-
ACETYLENE)
 During the welding, heat from the flame is concentrated on the joint edges
until the metal melts and starts to flow. When the molten metal from both
sides melts it starts to fuse, when the metal cools down the two parts become
Permanently joined
Additional Filler Metal is
fed in by hand into the
weld pool, at regular
intervals where it becomes
molten and joins with the
parent metal.

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The Oxy-acetylene welding Flame
Reducing or Carburizing Excess
acetylene (0.9:1) (Alloy
steels and aluminium alloys)

Oxidizing Excess
oxygen (1.5:1) (Brasses,
Bronzes, copper) Temp: 3480°C

Neutral Equal
acetylene & oxygen (low carbon
steel, mild steels). Temp : 3260°C

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GAS WELDING (OXY-
ACETYLENE)

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